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Aphodius

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| image = Aphodius pedellus - inat 140443695.jpg

| image_caption = Aphodius pedellus, Canada

| taxon = Aphodius

| authority = Illiger, 1798

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Aphodius is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding){{Cite journal|author=Valiela, Ivan|year=1974|title=Composition, food webs, and population limitation in dung arthropod communities during invasion and succession |journal=American Midland Naturalist|volume=92|pages=370–385 [380] |doi=10.2307/2424302 |jstor=2424302}} although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae.Hanski and Cambefort (1991), p. 83. Aphodius species typically dominate dung beetle communities in north temperate ecosystems.Hanski and Cambefort (1991), p. 75. Most species are functionally classified as endocoprids, also known as dwellers, because the larvae live and feed within the dung pat itself.{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00487.x| title = A review of competition in north temperate dung beetle communities| journal = Ecological Entomology| volume = 28| issue = 1| pages = 1–13| year = 2003| last1 = Finn| first1 = J. A. | last2 = Gittings | first2 = T. | doi-access = free}}

With a discovery of an earlier published version by Hellwig, the correct citation for this genus is now: Aphodius Hellwig, 1798 (p. 101; 24 January). Type species by subsequent designation by Latreille (1810): Scarabaeus fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758.ALONSO-ZARAZAGA, M.A. & KRELL, F.T. 2011. Change of authorship of Aphodius and Oryctes to Hellwig, 1798 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa 3060: 67–68. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3060.1.5/20827

Species

These 44 species belong to the genus Aphodius, including 21 extinct species.

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The species of the following genera were formerly classified in Aphodius:

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: Acrossus Mulsant, 1842

: Agoliinus Schmidt, 1913

: Alloblackburneus Bordat, 2009

: Ballucus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Blackburneus Schmidt, 1913

: Calamosternus Motschulsky, 1859

: Caligodorus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Cephalocyclus Dellacasa et al., 1998

: Chilothorax Motschulsky, 1859

: Cinacanthus Schmidt, 1913

: Coelotrachelus Schmidt, 1913

: Colobopterus Mulsant, 1842

: Cryptoscatomaseter Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Dellacasiellus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Dialytodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Drepanocanthoides Schmidt, 1913

: Eupleurus Mulsant, 1842

: Flaviellus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Geomyphilus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Haroldiellus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Hornosus Dellacasa, Dellacasa & Gordon, 2015

: Irrasinus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Labarrus Mulsant & Rey, 1869

: Lechorodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Liothorax Motschulsky, 1859

: Luxolinus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Maculaphodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Melinopterus Mulsant, 1842

: Mendidius Harold, 1868

: Merogyrus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Neotrichonotulus Dellacasa et al., 2004

: Nialaphodius Kolbe, 1908

: Orodaliscoides Schmidt, 1913

: Oscarinus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Otophorus Mulsant, 1842

: Oxyomoides Dellacasa et al., 2016

: Pardalosus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Phaeaphodius Reitter, 1892

: Planolinellus Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005

: Planolinoides Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005

: Planolinus Mulsant & Rey, 1869

: Pseudagolius Schmidt, 1913

: Rugaphodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Scabrostomus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Schaefferellus Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Setodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Stenotothorax Schmidt, 1913

: Strigodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007

: Tetraclipeoides Schmidt, 1913

: Teuchestes Mulsant, 1842

: Trichaphodioides Paulian, 1942

: Trichonotulus Bedel, 1911

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Aphodius Hellwig, 1798

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/YFV

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2021-12-25

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{{Cite web| title=Aphodius Genus information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/41325

| website=Bugguide

| access-date=2021-12-25

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{{Cite journal

| title = A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiini)

| date = 2007

| last1 = Gordon | first1 = Robert D.

| last2 = Skelley | first2 = Paul E. |name-list-style=amp

| journal = Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute

| volume=79 |pages=1–580

| isbn = 978-1-887988-23-0

}}

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  • {{Cite book |title=Dung Beetle Ecology |editor1-first=Ilkka |editor1-last=Hanski |editor1-link=Ilkka Hanski |editor2-first=Yves |editor2-last=Cambefort |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1991 |isbn= 9781400862092 |doi=10.1515/9781400862092}}

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Category:Scarabaeidae

Category:Scarabaeidae genera

Category:Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger

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